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Stephen M.

Nelson
Department of Philosophy
Northland Community & Technical College
1101 Highway One East
Thief River Falls, MN 56701

stephen.nelson@northlandcollege.edu
218-683-8691 (p)
218-793-2794 (f)

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
NORTHLAND COMMUNITY &
TECHNICAL COLLEGE

Intro to Ethics, Intro to Philosophy, Logic,


Philosophy of Religion, Morals & Medicine

2012-Present

Intro to Ethics, Intro to Philosophy, Issues in


Business Ethics, Morals & Medicine

2006-2007

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA

Intro to Ethical Theory, Phil. & Cultural Diversity


Intro to Logic, Advanced Symbolic Logic II

2005-2012

METROPOLITAN STATE
UNIVERSITY

Intro to Symbolic Logic

2010-2012

MINNEAPOLIS COLLEGE OF
ART & DESIGN

In the Eye of the Beholder: Topics in


Philosophical Aesthetics

Spring 2011

MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITYMANKATO

Logic & Critical Thinking, Intro to Philosophy

2008-2009

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA

Contemporary Moral Issues

Spring 2007

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION
Philosophy of Language, Metaphysics, Logic, Ethics

EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
MINNEAPOLIS, MN
Major:
Philosophy
Dissertation: Committing Ourselves to Nothing: An anti-orthodox view
of existential quantifier expressions
Committee: Peter W. Hanks (advisor), Geoffrey Hellman (co-advisor),
Roy T. Cook, Wayne Richter

PH.D., 2013

ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY


TEMPE, AZ
Major:
Philosophy
Thesis:
Promising and Asserting
Committee: Peter French (advisor), Stewart Cohen, G. W. Fitch

M.A., 2004

NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY


Major:
Philosophy and German

B.A., 2001

FARGO, ND

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Emerging Leaders College, MSCF
Ontology and Metaontology Course, Central European University, Budapest
Education Minnesota Higher Education Faculty Grant for Budapest course
Philosophy Learning & Teaching Organization (PLATO) Conference, Seattle
Philosophy of Community & Technical College Education Course, MnSCU
Education Minnesota Political Conference, EDMN and MSCF
Applying the Quality Matters Rubric Course, Quality Matters Program
Resident Fellow, Lives Worth Living (aka Philosophy Camp), U of M
Research Assistant, Writing-Enriched Curriculum Project, U of M
Graduate Research Partnership Program Fellowship, U of M CLA
Online Teaching 101 Course, MnSCU
Graduate Research Partnership Program Fellowship, U of M Dept. of Philosophy

2016-17
Summer 2015
Summer 2015
Summer 2015
Fall 2013
Fall 2013
Summer 2013
Summer 2012
2011-12
Summer 2008
Fall 2006
Summer 2006

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Faculty President, MSCF-TRF Chapter, NCTC

2016-Present

Member of Academic Master Plan Committee, NCTC

2014-Present

Legislative Liaison, MSCF-TRF Chapter, NCTC

2013-Present

Member of Institutional Review Board, NCTC

2012-Present

Member of Academic Master Plan Steering Committee, NCTC

Spring 2014

Member of Academic Dean Search Committee, NCTC

Spring 2014

Member of Mathematics Instructor Search Committee, NCTC

Spring 2014

Member of Sociology Instructor Search Committee, NCTC

Spring 2013

Council Representative, U of M Dept. of Philosophy

2009-10

Member of Colloquium Committee, U of M Dept. of Philosophy


Co-ordinated and oversaw visit by Matti Eklund (Cornell)
Co-ordinated and oversaw visit by Theodore Sider (NYU)

2007-09
Fall 2009
Fall 2008

Co-organizer, U of M Philosophy Graduate Student Conference

2008

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American Association of Philosophy Teachers

2013-Present

Minnesota Philosophical Society

2011-Present

American Philosophical Association

2003-Present

Stephen M. Nelson, CV, Page 2 of 3

PUBLICATIONS
Superhero Identity: Case Studies in The Avengers
Chapter in The Avengers and Philosophy, Wiley/Blackwell

March 2012

PRESENTATIONS
Comments on A Defense of the Cancellation Account of Negation by Michael
Degnan, Minnesota Philosophical Society Conference, Mankato, MN
Some Differences Between Is and Exists
Dissertation work-in-progress, U of M Dept. of Philosophy
Navigating the Domains of Existential Quantifier Expressions
Work-in-progress series, U of M Foundations Interest Group
Quine on Quantifier Expressions,
Dissertation work-in-progress, U of M Dept. of Philosophy
Comments on When Are Metaphysical Debates Substantial? by Tuomas Tahko,
LOGOS Conference on Metametaphysics, Barcelona, Spain
Comments on Realism and Distinguished Structure by Brian Mondy
U of M Philosophy Graduate Student Conference
The Meaning of Exists
Presentation for U of M Dept. of Philosophy GRPP Research
Fictional Worlds Theory: An Anti-Realist View of Fictional Characters
2nd Annual ASU Philosophy Graduate Student Conference

Stephen M. Nelson, CV, Page 3 of 3

Fall 2011
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Summer 2010
Fall 2009
Summer 2008
Spring 2008
Fall 2007
Fall 2004

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